Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blizna
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to dazzle, to strike”). Morphologically *bliz- + *-na. Cognate with Latin flīgere.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *blizna | *blizně | *blizny |
| genitive | *blizny | *bliznu | *bliznъ |
| dative | *blizně | *bliznama | *bliznamъ |
| accusative | *bliznǫ | *blizně | *blizny |
| instrumental | *bliznojǫ, *bliznǫ** | *bliznama | *bliznami |
| locative | *blizně | *bliznu | *bliznasъ, *bliznaxъ* |
| vocative | *blizno | *blizně | *blizny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Alternative forms
Related terms
- *blizъ (“near, proximate”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “близна́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blizna; *blizno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45: “f. ā; n. o”